In washing the disciple's feet, Jesus became a servant, but a shepherd always tends to his flock. Remember that Jesus was the good shepherd.
Consider also that we are called to deny the world for His sake. Part of cleansing their feet may have been to purify their connection to the earth: their feet.
Consider also that anointing the Lord's feet, may have also been a way of petitioning for more of His divinity, instead of the earthbound. Surely the sinless Christ did not need anointing, but yet it was done anyway with pricey perfumes.
Truly the connection to God and the connection to earth-the feet-were worth the trouble.
We are but powerless to be but ever mindful of our connection to both heaven, above, and earth, below. Without a doubt, we belong to God, but we are commanded to love our neighbor too, which is a bond to the earth, the earthly life and the sons of Adam, the first man, who was constructed from the dust of the earth.
The ceremony of wiping over the Lord's feet with one's hair, too, is emblematic of having the Lord on one's mind. Connecting the head to the Lord is but one ceremonial dedication of one's thoughts on the things divine.
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